Diablo III Eternal Collection announced for Nintendo Switch
Posted 16 Aug 2018 at 20:14 by Sam C Gittins
It had been rumoured for a while before but now it's official, Blizzard's popular dungeon-crawling, multiplayer title Diablo III is officially coming to the Nintendo Switch this year with all of the DLC in a packaged known only as; Diablo III Eternal Collection.
Here's the original Tweet from Nintendo of America featuring the NoA President, Reggie speaking to CEO of Blizzard, Mike Morhaime...
blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en-gb">dir="ltr">What’s a little gift between friends? Join Reggie and CEO of Blizzard, Mike Morhaime, as they talk about the complete #DiabloSwitch experience coming this fall. br>br>Learn more: https://t.co/8oCgQXcAaZ pic.twitter.com/4DuZjk1ADB
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) 16 August 2018/blockquote> script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8">/script>And the video from that Tweet with all the details and the reveal, check it out...
Here are some of the main details...
"The action-RPG from Blizzard, which launched on PC way back in 2012 and subsequently released on consoles, will launch later this year. The Switch version, called the ‘Eternal Collection’ includes the Reaper of Souls and Rise of the Necromancer expansions plus all the other added content the game has seen and costs £39.99.
Diablo III on the Nintendo Switch will also feature special Nintendo exclusive in-game bonuses: the Legend of Ganondorf cosmetic armor set, Tri-Force portrait frame, Chicken pet, and Echoes of the Mask cosmetic wings.
The Nintendo Switch version of the game can be played in several different ways, including docked or on-the-go.
Up to 4 players can play together on a single Switch.
Up to 4 players can play on 4 different Switch units wirelessly without an internet connection.
Players can also team up online with the Nintendo Switch Online service (which launches in September.)
There will be cloud saving support for the game as well."
Thanks to forum member Hero-of-Time for the heads-up.
Are you potentially excited to play Diablo III Eternal Collection on the go? Do you think it might entice you to subscribe to Nintendo's Online service? Do you think this might open up the floodgates for more Blizzard games in the future?
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